CEPHEID
Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2017–2024
Overview
CEPHEID is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 127 PERM green-card applications between FY2017 and FY2024. That places it #576 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 94 were certified (74% approval rate), taking about 413 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Manufacturing Engineers, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $143,874.
127
PERM filings
74%
approval
0
denied
$143,874
median wage
413d
avg processing
Worker background
Across 36 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (92%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)
Top countries of origin
- India33
- China2
- Pakistan1
Prior visa status
- H-1B35
- F-11
Education
- Master's25
- Bachelor's8
- Doctorate2
- None1
PERM filings by year
Occupations & job titles
The occupations CEPHEID most often sponsors, with average wages.
| Occupation | Filings | Avg wage |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing Engineers | 28 | $131,053 |
| Validation Engineers | 11 | $127,265 |
| Industrial Engineers | 10 | $136,227 |
| Software Developers | 9 | $163,606 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 8 | $172,716 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 7 | $153,919 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | 6 | $151,881 |
| Software Developers, Applications | 5 | $170,872 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 5 | $117,238 |
| Software Developers, Systems Software | 4 | $161,380 |
Common job titles
Recent filings
| Case | Job title | Status | Worksite | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-22308-51956 | Supply Chain Program Manager | Certified-Expired | Lodi, CA | Nov 9, 2023 |
| A-22279-34421 | Senior Reliability Engineer | Certified-Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | Oct 2, 2023 |
| A-22230-07955 | Senior Supplier Quality Engineer | Certified | Sunnyvale, CA | Jul 10, 2023 |
| A-22165-71186 | Business Systems Manager | Certified | Sunnyvale, CA | May 30, 2023 |
| A-22097-36944 | BI Manager | Certified | Sunnyvale, CA | Apr 10, 2023 |
| A-22165-71376 | Embedded Software Engineer | Certified-Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | Mar 6, 2023 |
| A-22111-44309 | Senior Process Engineer | Certified-Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 1, 2023 |
| A-22074-25432 | Supplier Development Engineer | Certified-Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | Jan 4, 2023 |
| A-21326-76350 | Embedded Software Engineer | Certified | Sunnyvale, CA | Aug 17, 2022 |
| A-21313-70073 | SAP SD Sr Solutions Architect | Certified | Sunnyvale, CA | Aug 2, 2022 |
| A-21344-84903 | Agile PLM System Analyst | Certified | Sunnyvale, CA | Jul 19, 2022 |
| A-21295-61917 | Senior Supplier Quality Engineer | Certified | Sunnyvale, CA | Jul 15, 2022 |
| A-21288-58948 | Global Distribution Operations Manager | Certified | Sunnyvale, CA | May 18, 2022 |
| A-21223-30398 | Connectivity Solutions Engineers | Certified-Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 9, 2022 |
| A-21307-67311 | Agile PLM System Analyst | Withdrawn | Sunnyvale, CA | Dec 10, 2021 |
| A-20279-07691 | Embedded Software Engineer | Certified | Sunnyvale, CA | Sep 29, 2021 |
| A-21082-65233 | Senior Architect - SAP Basis | Certified | Santa Clara, CA | Sep 24, 2021 |
| A-21025-45187 | SAP HANA ABAP Developer | Certified | Sunnyvale, CA | Sep 23, 2021 |
| A-21027-46072 | Senior System Engineer | Certified | Sunnyvale, CA | Jul 19, 2021 |
| A-20314-18801 | SAP Solutions Architect | Certified | Sunnyvale, CA | Jun 16, 2021 |
Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.